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GDP growth moderated in the final quarter, after a strong summer; output grew by 0.3% for the three months to November, down 30bps on Q3. As expected, the service sector accounted for the largest share of growth adding 0.24 percentage points, the construction sector also contributed to GDP growth, while the production sector knocked 0.12 percentage points off growth owing to weak activity in the manufacturing sector, which suffered the longest period of month-on-month output falls since ...

The UK economy had a strong start to Q3 2018, output grew by 0.7% for the three months to August, an uplift of 30bps from Q2. All three sectors of the economy: services, construction and the production sector contributed positively to GDP growth, with the service sector (accounting for c.80% of the UK economy) providing the largest positive contribution to the headline figure.

According to the “Findings of Project Pool”, a report which has formed the basis of discussion between the Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) and the Government on the best way forward with the asset pooling initiative, the greatest savings from real estate pooling will arise from the migration from indirect to direct ownership.

UK commercial property has had a good run; over the one, three and five years to December 2017 the asset class has delivered 8-11%p.a. total returns for investors, significantly outpacing UK bonds and closely matching the returns from UK equities.

The UK is suffering from a major housing shortage. A decade ago, the Government forecast that 250,000 new homes needed to be built every year to keep up with new demand, but ever since, housing output has averaged only 150,000 new homes per annum.

The UK economy grew by 0.3% over the three months to May, an uplift of 10bps from Q1’s GDP growth. Construction output which shrank by 0.8% last quarter, flat-lined in April, before resurging in May by 2.9% mom, while services output, which accounts for c.80% of the economy, increased by 0.4% over the three months to May.

2017 was a surprisingly calm year for the global economy. Despite the economic and geopolitical concerns voiced at the beginning of the year, fears over Brexit, Chinese debt, rising populism across Europe and Trump’s legislative agenda had negligible effect on world growth.

We at DTZ Investors are forecasting total returns from UK real estate to moderate in the near term and such a market outlook is encouraging an increasing number of traditionally domestic-focused property investors to consider opportunities overseas, with a resurgent Europe closest to home.

The UK Government’s 2018 deadline for the onset of investment pooling is fast approaching for Local Government Pensions Schemes. According to the “Findings of Project Pool”, almost 50% of the real estate exposure of LGPS funds is in indirect investments and the greatest savings from real estate pooling will arise from the migration of assets from indirect to direct ownership.

The UK economy grew by a stronger than expected 0.5% in Q4, resulting in an annual GDP growth rate of 1.8%, the slowest rate of growth since 2012 but higher than the 1.5% forecast just two months ago in the Autumn Budget.

The strategy sets out that clean growth is to be achieved through significant investment into the innovation of energy efficient technologies (£2.5 billion between 2015 – 2021) and importantly from the review, development and reform of UK policy and legislation.

The UK economy grew by 0.4% in the third quarter of 2017, following an expansion of 0.3% in Q2. The service sector was the key driver of growth, although other industries such as manufacturing sector also positively contributed to growth during the quarter.

The British economy made a rather uninspiring start to the year. In Q1 2017 the UK economy grew by 0.2%q/q, a similar growth rate was recorded in Q2 of 0.3% q/q, resulting in the UK economy growing at a slower rate than most advanced economies and the EU area as a whole.

The outlook for the retail sector will be mixed. Economic and political events are expected to weaken consumer confidence and retail spend, while technological advances will continue to change the dynamics of the sector.

Just when the Prime Minister was on the cusp of seizing control and proceeding with her version of Brexit the electorate fought back, as the outcome of the surprise snap election, intended to strengthen Theresa May’s Brexit negotiating hand, embarrassingly backfired.